Raindrops Star B J Thomas Drops Out At Abilene Concert
Recording star B J Thomas walked off stage after one song and parts of two others at McMurry College in Abilene. The emcee told 2 500 fans he had become ill with Thomas later saying he was merely exhausted after many one night shows. Thomas faced a prior disorderly conduct charge in Rockford Illinois and was released on bond.
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Abilene
B. J. Thomas
Thomas
Rockford
Ill
McMurry College
Senate Race Heats Up As Campaign Enters Final Week
Republican and Democratic candidates for the U S Senate in Texas accelerate through the final weekend of campaigning. Yarborough, Bentsen, Bush, and Morriss vie to win the primary with balloting set for Saturday. Morriss accuses Bush of needing endorsements while Bush blames Yarborough for high taxes.
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Associated Press
U.S. Senate
Ralph W. Yarborough
Yarborough
Lloyd Bentsen
George Bush
Robert Morris
Morris
Bush
John Tower
R-Tex
iCorpus Christi
Victoria
Bentsen
Houston
Congress
Arborouch
Tower
Dallas
Piano University
University of Dallas
Republican Party
Texas
Senate
Fire base hit in raid leaves four Americans dead
U S Army base on a jungle ridge 46 miles northwest of Saigon came under a late Sunday sapper assault. Four Americans were killed and 12 wounded in a half hour of fighting as bunkers were destroyed and defenders repelled the attack.
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Saigon
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Qui Nhon
Laos
Northviene Jeaieracon
Gallery Showfeatures Hubbard Johnningmeier and Schiwetz
Lubbock readers view works by Hubbard Johnningmeier and Schiwetz at a regional gallery drawing hundreds of attendees. The event showcased local artists and attracted arts patrons from multiple communities.
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Lubbock
Hubbard, Johnningmeier and
Schiwetz
Prayer Quote on Sweetness and Disappointment
A Readers prayer asks for guidance to remain sweet and gentle amid others thoughtlessness insincerity and unfaithfulness in whom we placed trust. The short prayer seeks grace in disappointment and missteps of those we rely on.
Port authorities foil Peru relic theft in haul to Hamburg
Customs officials in Callao Peru seized a shipment labeled house hold goods bound for Hamburg Germany containing an 18th century religious painting gold leaf sculpture Inca mummy cases colonial rugs vicuna bed spreads and other artifacts from the Gildemeister estate. The haul described as the largest plunder attempt in Peru was found in six lift vans bound for Mrs Heidi Hill of Hamburg with only four opened so far and the remaining two to be examined. A West German Embassy spokesman said no record of Heidi Hill exists.
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Lima
Peru
Germany
Callao
Carlos Nunez
Heidi Hill
Hamburg
Expreso
Gildemeister
Casa Grande Estate
Gildemeisters
Casa Grande
Teofilo Salazar Morales
National Council For the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Monuments
Vray
Tornadoes Hit North Central Texas Wreck Sulphur River Grocery
A twister unroofed and wrecked an OPEN AIR GROCERY on Highway 24 at Sulphur River sixteen miles south of Paris as tornadoes, high winds and hail struck North Central Texas and the northeastern part of the state. Flash floods in the region killed at least five people.
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Hwy. 24
Sulphur River
Paris
Texas
Cuba Plans Armed Guards on All Passenger Flights
Fidel Castro regime says Cuban airliners will carry two uniformed guards and a steel bulletproof cockpit door. Guards board hours before departure for a thorough aircraft check and stay with pilots during flight. Guards are young, about 20, led by Pantoja Tamayo, whose brother died in Che Guevara’s Bolivia campaign.
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Associated Preas
New York
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Revolutionary Air Force
Jose Humberto Ibarazabal
Cuban Aviation Co
Ibarzabal
Soviet Union
Jose Pantoja Tamayo
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Bolivia
Ibarzahal
Louisiana Capitol Ripped By Blast
Police say a dynamite blast tore marble walls of the Louisiana Capitol Senate chamber Sunday night in Baton Rouge. Fire Chief Edgar Lejeune estimates damage from $30,000 to $350,000 with about 30 pounds of dynamite used. No injuries reported.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Chamber
Louisiana
Skyscrati
Capitol
Edgar Lejeune
Move Spurred Alarm by Chinese Scientist in 1950
Former Navy secretary Dan Kimball worries about Chien Hsuehshen a Chinese born scientist wanting to return to Communist China. Kimball says he is valuable and worth five divisions, reflecting Cold War fears over brain drain from Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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United Press International
Tokyo
Sec. of the Navy
Dan Kimball
Chien Hsuehshen
United States
China
Kimball
Chien
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
U.S. Sec
Melvin Laird
Red China
America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caltech
Pasadena
Theodore van See
U.S
Actor Arrested On Pot Charge In London After Heathrow Find
American actor Tony Curt and his wife Leslie Allen were arrested at Heathrow Airport after customs found marijuana on the couple. Curt, 44, known for a smoking dangers PSA with the American Cancer Society, was released on bail and scheduled to appear in court.
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London
API
Tony Curt
Curtis O
Scotland Yard
Heathrow Airport
Leslie Allen
New York
Curtis
United States
American Cancer Society
Holden Book Details Foreign Ranch Ownership Era
The article outlines early Plains cattle operations near the Caprock with names like Campbell Slaughter Hensley Dalton Hall and others. It highlights overseas investment by Matador Land and Cattle Co Ltd of Dundee and Espuela Land and Cattle Co Ltd of London and notes Matador expanding to 1.2 million acres with 60 000 cattle.
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Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Plains Country
Caprock
Campbell
Slaughter
Hensley
Dalton
Hall
Europe
Matador Land and Cattle Co., Ltd
Dundee
Scotland
Espuela Land and Cattle Co., Ltd
London
Matador
Severe Texas storms bring tornadoes hail and high winds
Severe weather tore across northern and central Texas with unforecasted thunderstorm funnels. One tornado touched near Cross Cut, another caused $4000 damage near Tuscola, and a sighting was reported near Canton Lake. No injuries reported as searchers recovered four bodies elsewhere.
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Texas
Goldthwaite
Cross Cut
Tuscola
Abilene
Oklahoma
Comanche
Lake Diversion
Wichita Falls
Iowa Park
Lake Brownwood
U.S
U.S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Canton Lake
Enid
Wreck Kills Area Man at U S 84 Intersection
One killed and four injured in a two car crash at U S 84 and a county dirt road. Melquides Espinosa 21 of Southland died at the scene. His father Gabriel Espinosa suffered minor injuries and was released from Mercy Hospital Slaton.
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Avalanche-Journal
Southland
U.S. 84
Melquides Espinosa
Gabriel Espinosa
Espinosa
Mercy Hospital
Slaton
Department of Public Safety
Frequiel Saldivar Jr
Post
Many Rodriguez
Beatrice Diaz
Saldivar
Gene Posey
Jim Dulin
South Plains
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Hadrian Funeral Home of
Emma Lozano
Cotton Center
Margaret Lopez
Lubbock
Mack
Gabriel
Tension Eases in Port au Prince After Rebel Vessels Depart
Rebels aboard three Haitian coast guard ships shelled the city Friday then sailed away as tension eased Sunday. Stores opened and vendors sold wares while Francois Duvalier Airport saw crowds of tourists and businessmen stranded after a flight ban, lifted for limited commerce.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Caribbean
Coast Guard
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Indian Mountain Climbers Reported Missing After Peak Reach
Reports from New Delhi say two members of the Indian expedition that scaled Chomolhari peak are missing. The team reached the 24 000 foot summit in Bhutan two days earlier while President V V Giri was visiting. Lt Col N Kumar of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute led the ascent.
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New Delhi
Chomolhari Peak
Bhutan
Col. N. Kumar
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
Darjeeling
V.V. Giri
Weather Summary For Lubbock Vicinity Today
Winds from the southwest at 20 to 38 mph blow dust across the Lubbock area. Daytime highs reach the upper 80s with tonight's low in the upper 40s.
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South Plains
Lubbock
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